Johnny Smith - Plus The Trio (1960) [2017 SHM-CD Jazz Masters Collection 1200]

Reissue with SHM-CD format and new 24bit remastering. Comes with a mini-description. A trio is helping out guitarist Johnny Smith – but, as with all of his other Roost Records of the time, the man himself is very far out in the lead – making real magic on the strings of his guitar, and playing with an effortless command of tone and color! Some moments of the record actually have a bit more of an uptempo swing than other of Johnny's albums of the period – but others are a masterpiece is gentle harmonics – those incredible notes that Smith almost seemed to invent for jazz guitar in the 50s – and which seem to come through even more beautifully in the sparest of settings. The trio features Bob Pancoast on piano, Mousie Alexander on drums, and George Roumanis on bass


Tracks:

01 - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
02 - Lets's Fall In Love
03 - I Can't Get Started
04 - Some Of These Days
05 - You Took Advantage Of Me
06 - Over The Rainbow
07 - Out Of Nowhere
08 - Prelude To A Kiss
09 - Un Poco Loco
10 - 'Hippo' The Sentimental 'Hippy'
11 - It's You Or No One

Personnel:

Johnny Smith - guitar
Bob Pancoast - piano
George Roumanis - bass
Mousey Alexander - drums